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SQL Server Agent Tables (Transact-SQL)

SQL Server 2012

The topics in this section describe the system tables that store information used by SQL Server Agent. All tables are in the dbo schema in the msdb database.

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dbo.sysalerts: Contains one row for each alert.
dbo.syscategories: Contains the categories used by SQL Server Management Studio to organize jobs, alerts, and operators.
dbo.sysdownloadlist: Holds the queue of download instructions for all target servers.
dbo.sysjobactivity: Contains information about current SQL Server Agent job activity and status.
dbo.sysjobhistory: Contains information about the execution of scheduled jobs by SQL Server Agent.
dbo.sysjobs: Stores the information for each scheduled job to be executed by SQL Server Agent.
dbo.sysjobschedules: Contains schedule information for jobs to be executed by SQL Server Agent
dbo.sysjobservers: Stores the association or relationship of a particular job with one or more target servers.
dbo.sysjobsteps: Contains the information for each step in a job to be executed by SQL Server Agent.
dbo.sysjobstepslogs: Contains information about job step logs.
dbo.sysnotifications: Contains one row for each notification.
dbo.sysoperators: Contains one row for each SQL Server Agent operator.
dbo.sysproxies: Contains information about SQL Server Agent proxy accounts.
dbo.sysproxylogin: Records which SQL Server logins are associated with each SQL Server Agent proxy account.
dbo.sysproxysubsystem: Records which SQL Server Agent subsystem is used by each proxy account.
dbo.sysschedules: Contains information about SQL Server Agent job schedules.
dbo.syssessions: Contains the SQL Server Agent start date for each SQL Server Agent session. A session is created each time the SQL Server Agent service starts.
dbo.syssubsystems: Contains information about all available SQL Server Agent proxy subsystems.
dbo.systargetservergroupmembers: Records which target servers are currently enlisted in this multiserver group.
dbo.systargetservergroups: Records which target server groups are currently enlisted in this multiserver environment.
dbo.systargetservers: Records which target servers are currently enlisted in this multiserver operation domain.
dbo.systaskids: Contains a mapping of tasks created in earlier versions of SQL Server to Management Studio jobs in the current version.

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